Over the people

1. Ex. 18: 25
     25 And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them ^aheads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
2. Num. 25: 15
     15 And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and of a chief house in Midian.
3. 1 Sam. 9: 16-17
     16 To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt ^aanoint him to be captain over my people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their ^bcry is come unto me.
     17 And when Samuel saw Saul, the Lord said unto him, Behold the man whom I spake to thee of! this same shall reign over my people.
4. 1 Sam. 13: 14
     14 But now thy ^akingdom shall not continue: the Lord hath ^bsought him a ^cman after his own ^dheart, and the Lord hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the Lord commanded thee.
5. 1 Sam. 15: 1
     1 Samuel also said unto Saul, The Lord sent me to ^aanoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the Lord.
6. 2 Sam. 6: 21
     21 And David said unto Michal, It was before the Lord, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the Lord, over Israel: therefore will I play before the Lord.
7. 2 Sam. 7: 8, 11
     8 Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the ^asheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
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     11 And as since the time that I commanded ^ajudges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to ^brest from all thine enemies. Also the Lord telleth thee that he will make thee an ^chouse.
8. 1 Kgs. 5: 16
     16 Beside the chief of Solomon’s ^aofficers which were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ^bruled over the people that wrought in the work.
9. 1 Kgs. 8: 16
     16 Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose ^aDavid to be over my people Israel.
10. 1 Kgs. 9: 23
      23 These were the chief of the ^aofficers that were over Solomon’s work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that wrought in the work.
11. 1 Kgs. 14: 2, 7
      2 And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh: behold, there is ^aAhijah the prophet, which told me that I should be king over this people.
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      7 Go, tell ^aJeroboam, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel,
12. 1 Kgs. 16: 2
      2 Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to ^asin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;
13. 2 Kgs. 9: 6
      6 And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the ^aoil on his head, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I have anointed thee king over the people of the Lord, even over Israel.
14. 1 Chr. 11: 2
      2 And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the Lord thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel.
15. 1 Chr. 17: 7, 10
      7 Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:
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      10 And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine ^aenemies. Furthermore I tell thee that the Lord will build thee an house.
16. 2 Chr. 1: 9
      9 Now, O Lord God, let thy promise unto David my father be established: for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.
17. 2 Chr. 6: 5-6
      5 Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel:
      6 But I have chosen ^aJerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
18. 2 Chr. 8: 10
      10 And these were the chief of king Solomon’s officers, even two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people.
19. 2 Chr. 32: 6
      6 And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spake comfortably to them, saying,
20. Neh. 5: 15
      15 But the former governors that had been before me ^awere chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare ^brule over the people: but so did not I, because of the ^cfear of God.
21. Isa. 25: 7
      7 And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the ^avail that is spread over all nations.
22. 2 Ne. 5: 3
      3 Yea, they did murmur against me, saying: Our younger brother thinks to ^arule over us; and we have had much trial because of him; wherefore, now let us slay him, that we may not be afflicted more because of his words. For behold, we will not have him to be our ruler; for it belongs unto us, who are the elder brethren, to ^brule over this people.
23. Jacob 1: 9
      9 Now Nephi began to be old, and he saw that he must soon ^adie; wherefore, he ^banointed a man to be a king and a ruler over his people now, according to the reigns of the ^ckings.
24. W of M 1: 17
      17 For behold, king Benjamin was a ^aholy man, and he did reign over his people in righteousness; and there were many holy men in the land, and they did speak the word of God with ^bpower and with authority; and they did use much ^csharpness because of the stiffneckedness of the people—
25. Mosiah 1: 10
      10 Therefore, *he had Mosiah brought before him; and these are the words which he spake unto him, saying: My son, I would that ye should make a proclamation throughout all this land among all this ^apeople, or the people of Zarahemla, and the people of Mosiah who dwell in the land, that thereby they may be gathered together; for on the morrow I shall proclaim unto this my people out of mine own mouth that thou art a ^bking and a ruler over this people, whom the Lord our God hath given us.
26. Mosiah 2: 11
      11 But I am like as yourselves, subject to all manner of infirmities in body and mind; yet I have been chosen by this people, and ^aconsecrated by ^bmy father, and was suffered by the hand of the Lord that I should be a ruler and a king over this people; and have been kept and preserved by his matchless power, to serve you with all the might, mind and strength which the Lord hath granted unto me.
27. Mosiah 6: 3
      3 And again, it came to pass that when king Benjamin had made an end of all these things, and had consecrated his son ^aMosiah to be a ruler and a king over his people, and had given him all the charges concerning the kingdom, and also had ^bappointed ^cpriests to ^dteach the people, that thereby they might hear and know the commandments of God, and to stir them up in remembrance of the ^eoath which they had made, he dismissed the multitude, and they returned, every one, according to their ^ffamilies, to their own houses.
28. Mosiah 7: 21
      21 And ye all are witnesses this day, that Zeniff, who was made king over this people, he being ^aover-zealous to inherit the land of his fathers, therefore being deceived by the cunning and craftiness of king Laman, who having entered into a treaty with king Zeniff, and having yielded up into his hands the possessions of a part of the land, or even the city of Lehi-Nephi, and the city of Shilom; and the land round about—
29. Mosiah 23: 18, 39
      18 Therefore they did watch over their people, and did ^anourish them with things pertaining to righteousness.
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      39 And the king of the Lamanites had granted unto Amulon that he should be a king and a ruler over his people, who were in the land of Helam; nevertheless he should have no power to do anything contrary to the will of the king of the Lamanites.
30. Mosiah 24: 1
      1 And it came to pass that Amulon did gain favor in the eyes of the king of the Lamanites; therefore, the king of the Lamanites granted unto him and his brethren that they should be appointed teachers over his people, yea, even over the people who were in the land of Shemlon, and in the land of Shilom, and in the ^aland of Amulon.
31. Mosiah 29: 47
      47 And thus ended the reign of the kings over the people of Nephi; and thus ended the days of Alma, who was the founder of their church.
32. Alma 1: 1
      1 Now it came to pass that in the first year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi, from this time forward, king Mosiah having ^agone the way of all the earth, having warred a good warfare, walking uprightly before God, leaving none to reign in his stead; nevertheless he had established ^blaws, and they were acknowledged by the people; therefore they were obliged to abide by the ^claws which he had made.
33. Alma 2: 2, 7, 14
      2 Now this Amlici had, by his cunning, ^adrawn away much people after him; even so much that they began to be very powerful; and they began to endeavor to establish Amlici to be a king over the people.
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      7 And it came to pass that the ^avoice of the people came against Amlici, that he was not made king over the people.
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      14 And it came to pass that Amlici did arm his men with all manner of weapons of war of every kind; and he also appointed rulers and leaders over his people, to lead them to war against their brethren.
34. Alma 4: 1, 4-5, 20
      1 Now it came to pass in the *sixth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi, there were no contentions nor wars in the ^aland of Zarahemla;
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      4 And they began to establish the ^achurch more fully; yea, and many were ^bbaptized in the ^cwaters of Sidon and were joined to the church of God; yea, they were baptized by the hand of Alma, who had been consecrated the ^dhigh priest over the people of the church, by the hand of his father Alma.
      5 And it came to pass in the *seventh year of the reign of the judges there were about three thousand five hundred souls that united themselves to the ^achurch of God and were baptized. And thus ended the seventh year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi; and there was continual peace in all that time.
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      20 And thus in the commencement of the ninth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi, Alma delivered up the judgment-seat to ^aNephihah, and confined himself wholly to the ^bhigh priesthood of the holy order of God, to the ^ctestimony of the word, according to the spirit of revelation and prophecy.
35. Alma 8: 2-3
      2 And thus ended the ninth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi.
      3 And it came to pass in the commencement of the *tenth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi, that Alma departed from thence and took his journey over into the land of ^aMelek, on the west of the ^briver Sidon, on the west by the borders of the wilderness.
36. Alma 14: 23
      23 And it came to pass after they had thus suffered for many days, (and it was on the twelfth day, in the tenth month, *in the tenth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi) that the chief judge over the land of ^aAmmonihah and many of their teachers and their lawyers went in unto the prison where Alma and Amulek were bound with cords.
37. Alma 15: 19
      19 And thus ended the tenth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi.
38. Alma 16: 1, 12, 21
      1 And it came to pass in the *eleventh year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi, on the fifth day of the second month, there having been much peace in the land of Zarahemla, there having been no wars nor contentions for a certain number of years, even until the fifth day of the second month in the eleventh year, there was a cry of war heard throughout the land.
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      12 And the Lamanites did not come again to war against the Nephites *until the fourteenth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi. And thus for three years did the people of Nephi have continual peace in all the land.
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      21 And now after the church had been established throughout all the land—having got the ^avictory over the devil, and the word of God being preached in its purity in all the land, and the Lord pouring out his blessings upon the people—thus ended the fourteenth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi.
39. Alma 21: 21
      21 And he did rejoice over them, and he did teach them many things. And he did also declare unto them that they were a people who were under him, and that they were a ^afree people, that they were free from the oppressions of the king, his father; for that his father had granted unto him that he might reign over the people who were in the land of Ishmael, and in all the land round about.
40. Alma 28: 7
      7 And thus endeth the fifteenth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi;
41. Alma 30: 2, 4, 20
      2 Now their dead were not numbered because of the greatness of their numbers; neither were the dead of the Nephites numbered—but it came to pass after they had buried their dead, and also after the days of ^afasting, and ^bmourning, and prayer, (and it was in the sixteenth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi) there began to be continual peace throughout all the land.
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      4 And thus the people did have no disturbance in all the sixteenth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi.
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      20 But behold they were more wise than many of the Nephites; for they took him, and bound him, and carried him before Ammon, who was a ^ahigh priest over that people.
42. Alma 35: 12
      12 And thus ended the *seventeenth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi.
43. Alma 44: 7, 24
      7 And now, if ye do not this, behold, ye are in our hands, and I will command my men that they shall fall upon you, and ^ainflict the wounds of death in your bodies, that ye may become extinct; and then we will see who shall have power over this people; yea, we will see who shall be brought into bondage.
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      24 And thus *ended the eighteenth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi. And thus ended the record of Alma, which was written upon the plates of Nephi.
44. Alma 45: 2, 20
      2 And it came to pass in the nineteenth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi, that Alma came unto his son Helaman and said unto him: Believest thou the words which I spake unto thee concerning those ^arecords which have been kept?
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      20 And now it came to pass in the *commencement of the nineteenth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi, that Helaman went forth among the people to declare the ^aword unto them.
45. Alma 46: 5
      5 And they had been led by the ^aflatteries of Amalickiah, that if they would support him and establish him to be their king that he would make them rulers over the people.
46. Alma 49: 29
      29 And thus ended the nineteenth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi.
47. Alma 50: 17, 35, 39-40
      17 And in these prosperous circumstances were the people of Nephi in the *commencement of the twenty and first year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi.
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      35 And it came to pass that the army which was sent by Moroni, which was led by a man whose name was Teancum, did meet the people of Morianton; and so stubborn were the people of Morianton, (being inspired by his wickedness and his ^aflattering words) that a battle commenced between them, in the which Teancum did ^bslay Morianton and defeat his army, and took them prisoners, and returned to the camp of Moroni. And thus ended the twenty and fourth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi.
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      39 Behold, it came to pass that the son of Nephihah was appointed to fill the judgment-seat, in the stead of his father; yea, he was appointed chief judge and ^agovernor over the people, with an ^boath and sacred ordinance to judge righteously, and to keep the peace and the ^cfreedom of the people, and to grant unto them their sacred privileges to worship the Lord their God, yea, to support and maintain the cause of God all his days, and to bring the wicked to justice according to their crime.
      40 Now behold, his name was ^aPahoran. And Pahoran did fill the seat of his father, and did commence his reign in the end of the twenty and fourth year, over the people of Nephi.
48. Alma 51: 1, 8, 37
      1 And now it came to pass in the *commencement of the twenty and fifth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi, they having established peace between the people of Lehi and the people of Morianton concerning their lands, and having commenced the twenty and fifth year in ^apeace;
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      8 Now those who were in favor of kings were those of ^ahigh birth, and they sought to be ^bkings; and they were supported by those who sought power and authority over the people.
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      37 And thus endeth the twenty and fifth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi; and thus endeth the days of Amalickiah.
49. Alma 52: 1, 3, 14, 18
      1 And now, it came to pass in the *twenty and sixth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi, behold, when the Lamanites awoke on the first morning of the first month, behold, they found Amalickiah was dead in his own tent; and they also saw that Teancum was ^aready to give them battle on that day.
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      3 And it came to pass that the ^abrother of Amalickiah was appointed king over the people; and his name was ^bAmmoron; thus king Ammoron, the brother of king Amalickiah, was appointed to reign in his stead.
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      14 And thus were the Nephites in those dangerous circumstances in the ending of the twenty and sixth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi.
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      18 And it came to pass that Moroni did arrive with his army at the land of Bountiful, in the latter end of the twenty and seventh year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi.
50. Alma 53: 23
      23 And thus ended the twenty and eighth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi.
     
51. Alma 55: 35
      35 And thus ended the twenty and ninth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi.
52. Alma 56: 9
      9 But behold, here is one thing in which we may have great joy. For behold, in the *twenty and sixth year, I, Helaman, did march at the head of these ^atwo thousand young men to the city of ^bJudea, to assist Antipus, whom ye had appointed a leader over the people of that part of the land.
53. Alma 59: 1
      1 Now it came to pass in the *thirtieth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi, after Moroni had received and had read Helaman’s ^aepistle, he was exceedingly rejoiced because of the welfare, yea, the exceeding success which Helaman had had, in obtaining ^bthose lands which were lost.
54. Alma 61: 8
      8 They have ^agot possession of the land, or the city, of Zarahemla; they have appointed a ^bking over them, and he hath written unto the king of the Lamanites, in the which he hath joined an alliance with him; in the which alliance he hath agreed to maintain the city of Zarahemla, which maintenance he supposeth will enable the Lamanites to conquer the remainder of the land, and he shall be placed king over this people when they shall be conquered ^cunder the Lamanites.
55. Alma 62: 11-12, 39, 52
      11 And thus ended the thirtieth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi; Moroni and Pahoran having restored peace to the land of Zarahemla, among their own people, having ^ainflicted death upon all those who were not true to the cause of freedom.
      12 And it came to pass in the *commencement of the thirty and first year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi, Moroni immediately caused that provisions should be sent, and also an army of six thousand men should be sent unto Helaman, to assist him in preserving that part of the land.
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      39 And thus *ended the thirty and first year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi; and thus they had had wars, and bloodsheds, and famine, and affliction, for the space of many years.
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      52 And it came to pass that all these things were done. And ^aHelaman died, in the *thirty and fifth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi.
56. Alma 63: 1, 16
      1 And it came to pass in the *commencement of the thirty and sixth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi, that ^aShiblon took possession of those ^bsacred things which had been delivered unto Helaman by Alma.
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      16 And thus ended the thirty and ninth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi.
57. Hel. 1: 1, 5, 13
      1 And now behold, it came to pass in the *commencement of the fortieth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi, there began to be a serious difficulty among the people of the Nephites.
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      5 Nevertheless, it came to pass that Pahoran was appointed by the ^avoice of the people to be chief judge and a governor over the people of Nephi.
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      13 And now behold, Pacumeni was appointed, according to the ^avoice of the people, to be a chief judge and a governor over the people, to reign in the stead of his brother Pahoran; and it was according to his right. And all this was done in the fortieth year of the reign of the judges; and it had an end.
58. Hel. 2: 12
      12 And more of this Gadianton shall be spoken hereafter. And thus ended the forty and second year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi.
59. Hel. 3: 22
      22 And it came to pass that the wars and contentions began to cease, in a small degree, among the people of the Nephites, in the latter end of the forty and eighth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi.
60. Hel. 6: 32, 41
      32 And it came to pass that all these iniquities did come unto them in the space of ^anot many years, insomuch that a more part of it had come unto them in the sixty and seventh year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi.
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      41 And it came to pass that thus ended the sixty and eighth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi.
61. Hel. 7: 1
      1 Behold, now it came to pass in the *sixty and ninth year of the reign of the judges over the people of the Nephites, that Nephi, the son of Helaman, ^areturned to the land of Zarahemla from the land northward.
62. Hel. 10: 6, 19
      6 Behold, thou art Nephi, and I am God. Behold, I declare it unto thee in the presence of mine angels, that ye shall have power over this people, and shall smite the earth with ^afamine, and with pestilence, and destruction, according to the wickedness of this people.
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      19 And thus ended the seventy and first year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi.
63. Hel. 11: 24, 29
      24 And it came to pass that in the *eightieth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi, there were a certain number of the dissenters from the people of Nephi, who had some years before gone over unto the Lamanites, and taken upon themselves the name of Lamanites, and also a certain number who were real descendants of the Lamanites, being stirred up to anger by them, or by those dissenters, therefore they commenced a ^awar with their brethren.
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      29 But behold, it came to pass that in that same year they were driven back even into their own lands. And thus ended the eightieth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi.
64. Hel. 13: 5
      5 And he said unto them: Behold, I, Samuel, a Lamanite, do speak the words of the Lord which he doth put into my heart; and behold he hath put it into my heart to say unto this people that the ^asword of justice hangeth over this people; and four hundred years pass not away save the sword of justice falleth upon this people.
65. Hel. 16: 9, 24
      9 And thus ended the eighty and sixth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi.
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      24 And thus *ended the ninetieth year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi.
66. 3 Ne. 2: 5
      5 And also an hundred years had passed away since the days of ^aMosiah, who was king over the people of the Nephites.
67. Morm. 2: 8
      8 But behold, the land was ^afilled with ^brobbers and with Lamanites; and notwithstanding the great destruction which hung over my people, they did not repent of their evil doings; therefore there was blood and carnage spread throughout all the face of the land, both on the part of the Nephites and also on the part of the Lamanites; and it was one complete revolution throughout all the face of the land.
68. Ether 6: 27
      27 And it came to pass that neither would the ^asons of Jared, even all save it were one; and ^bOrihah was anointed to be king over the people.
69. Ether 9: 4
      4 And it came to pass that Jared was anointed king over the people, by the hand of wickedness; and he gave unto Akish his daughter to wife.
70. Ether 11: 10
      10 And it came to pass that Ahah, his son, did obtain the kingdom; and he did reign over the people all his days. And he did do all manner of iniquity in his days, by which he did cause the shedding of much blood; and few were his days.
71. D&C 76: 63
      63 These are they whom he shall bring with him, when he shall ^acome in the ^bclouds of heaven to ^creign on the earth over his people.
72. D&C 109: 26
      26 That no combination of wickedness shall have power to rise up and ^aprevail over thy people upon whom thy ^bname shall be put in this house;
73.